Well this is thrown in for discussion, just a thought really Alastair pointed out when he was visiting (and perhaps more of you will visit next time!!!) the...
Wittaker Part VII: Descending Figures Crafiad (Scratches) As before, the number is the number order on page 35 of the RaH manuscript. The finger numbers are 1...
'Alasdair ... wrote... ... An alternative interpretation of plethiad y pedwarbys as middle, fore, ring, fore is just as easy to play and doesn't use return ...
Dear list, Ann and Charlie Heymann and their daughters will perform as Clairseach this weekend June 3 and 4 at Conner Prairie Living History Museum for...
Dear Simon, I'm studying with Javier since January. He's very strict about having the grace or graces as the case may be played before the beat and the beat ...
Dear Gorwel, Thanks for keeping an eye on me! In message 364 my thought processes seem to have gone off on a tangent again. Believe it or not, I had actually...
Hello all, Well, my belief is that ornamentation depends entirely on what kind of music played and what period and location it comes from. It is up to the...
Dear Chad, You've made a lot of interesting observations. They provoke in me the question concerning how similar to Gaelic harp music the Welsh cerdd dant was...
Dear Ed, The crafiadau are indeed a difficult area. As for economy of movement and clarity of damping, well, Gaelic harpers are kind of au fait with those...
Hi Alasdair, <<<Could it be the gracings rather than the overall pacing of the beat, as per ceņl mór which also contains 'ornate rhythms' and 'rapid ...
Just a note. I think this has been discussed but to get a more organic understanding of the harp graces, I have taken to listening to the tradition Irish voice...
Wittaker Part VIII: Fling the Finger (Final Correction) As before, the number is the number order on page 35 of the RaH manuscript. The finger numbers are 1...
Dear Ed, Tafliad y bys (the throw of the finger) is surely not a reference to the forefinger moving forward onto another string and I'm glad that idea has been...
It's a beauty. I just found it listed on Craigslist in Los Angeles. Even if you're not interested in buying it, the harp is so lovely that it's worth a look. ...
Hi, these pictures are of the one listed for sale on clarsach.net a year or two back - see http://clarsach.net/offogarty/replicas.htm (where there are also...
Yes, I noticed that they'd grabbed the gorgeous outdoor photo from Clarsach.net. Do I recall hearing that Ann Heymann sold her harp a few years ago? Could...
Yes - that indeed was one of Ann's harps. I contacted the seller and she did purchase it from Ann (I recognized the picture because I almost bought it but...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canntaireachd Perhaps this has been mentioned before...but seems like there could be a clear link with ogam here....seven...
Dear JP, Is a possible musical link with ogham which creates another kind of European sol-fa is worth musing on here? Five notes to the octave with three...
... with three categories listing five ornaments? Yeah and forfeda as well....maybe they could be linked to 'five tunings'... ... Welsh gracings I drew up a...
folks, Have scanned the net for info on Ap Huw ornaments...to little avail....is there an idiot proof guide to these ornaments anywhere? Or are they a bone...
Sorry, JP. There's no "idiot proof guide" because we don't know exactly how they were played and there's enough ambiguity to cause lively debate. I've...
JP, According to the library catalogues D mc M has only published 2 books, A guide to Ogam 1991 (which I don't have except a few photocopy pages) and Ogam...
Simon You will find Eriu in the National Library of Scotland catalogued at shelfmark HJ4.129PER The holdings are currently up to v.55 (2005) Keith ... journal ...
Folks, Thanks for links, tips and comments. Nothing from Kennings jumps out. Ap Huw graces remains mostly a mystery to me. But will muse on. Cheers JP ... All...
Hi gang- I wrote the program for the recent National Public Radio (US) show "Harmonia" which featured early harps in the Isles: wire, bray, doppia, Welsh...
Hi all, anyone else read William Beauford's appendix 3 in Walker's Irish Bards and wondered what this system of notation is all about? What is this old Irish...
OK to clarify a bit, he translates a passage from "an Irish MS, now before me"..."the remainder of the ms is wanting, it having been long kept in cabins and...
